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Team Rocket's antics are getting quite interesting. Do you think this is because they now consider themselves elite? When Giovanni considered them incompetent, they acted as such. But now that it appears they have gained his favor (somehow...), they've certainly stepped it up. I won't lie, though, as awesome as they are, I've had some definite facepalm moments where I feel they're acting *too* serious.

I won't lie, though, as awesome as they are, I've had some definite facepalm moments where I feel they're acting *too* serious.

The problem is Jessie/James lost their old personality. I have no problem with them being competent, but this doesn't seem like the same Jessie/James we've known for 13 years. Where is Jessie's vain attitude and James meekness? Couldn't they still have their old personalities and be competent at the same time?

Meowth is the only one that still seems similar to his old counterpart, especially when he dressed up as an Umbreon in BW4.

I don't care if Jessie and James lost their old personalities. I like them way better now.

The interesting thing there is that it's not so much as that they lost their old personalities as much as they regained their 'pre-Ash' personalities as we had seen them in their training flashback. But one thing that amazes me is that for Isshu to be so advanced, their security sucks. TR literally stole their meteorite in 10 seconds, though apparently they're ninjas now.

Blue likes the Dancing Trpinch so should you.If you approve of Black and White's new anime-only lead Iris, put this in your sig(started by TrainerOfLegend)

Ash was asked to pick 2 Pokemon for this battle. Effectively he "deposited" the rest of his pokemon, leaving only Mijumaru and Pokabu. I mean, we're not going to have him leave the gym to deposit it in the Pokemon Centre correct?
This is the facilitating point of Aloe's Roar, Mean Look Strategy.

*This suddenly made me think they need to have PCs in gyms and limit the number of pokemon we can use in a gym in the games.

Aloe's Roar, Mean Look strategy looks lame because of 2 reasons.

Firstly, anime laws. In the games, if someone applied this strategy, we would be hardly worried because most of us would be confident that both our Pokemon are always alert and awake. But in the anime, no. Pokemon sleep inside their Pokeballs (Mijumaru LOL). That never happens in games. In the anime, such actions confuse the Pokemon, but obviously not in the games. That's why those who play the games might find it lame.

Secondly, it looks lame because Yoterii could have just taken down Pokabu from the start with Take Down actually. But of course, Aloe wanted to know about Satoshi's second pokemon (Mijumaru). To us, who have Serebii and information at our fingersfor the games, we already know all opposing trainers' pokemon. But remember, they don't know in the anime (Other than Aloe already telling Satoshi what she is using).

Sometimes, we need to appreciate the anime from the "Story-reading" point of view, and not as though we already know everything, like we do in the games.

That aside, Satoshi REALLY needs to train more. Pokabu and Mijumaru don't feel like they're past level 7 in the games (From the way they battle).

Wouldn't be Pokemon if Ash didn't lose at least one gym battle, Ash always seems to have the toughest time against opponents that have a strategy set in place. It was nice seeing Ash actually have a strategy in place to defeat Aloe and it failed, but at least he modified it by thinking on his feet like usual and actually got some decent strikes in before he was shut down. Anyway cue Rocky training montage for Ash.

My Grandmother always said...
"She who walks the path of heaven will rule over everything"

This episode was good. It was cool to see Yooterii for the 1st time, it's so cute! It was a great battle. Yooterii was so pumped right before the battle, it was as if it had 2 different personalities. The Roar+Mean Look combo was very clever and unique. Mijumaru really struggled against Miruhog. Miruhog was able to kick away the Scalsword, and then be able to deliver a big blow with Thunderbolt, knocking out Mijumaru. Pokabu also struggled, this time against Yooterii. Yooterii was just too quick and was able to take Pokabu down with Take Down attack. It was interesting to see TR steal the Meteorite in this episode.

The episode was pretty... average xD.
Lenora seems really wise and comes off as a mother-like figure to me. After watching the episode, I like Lillipups and Watchogs a lot more. It was also very cool to see Mean Look being used O:.

lol tcpi never does paint edits why dont you take the japanese characters of the signs instead of taking some coloured chick apron if cause it might be racist

Maybe because they didn't? No dubbing company has the skills to do an edit that professional. I mean just look at 4kids, back when they were dubbing the show, editing of a rice ball to a sandwich and compare it with this- A sandwich can't roll down the hill because it would break apart. And yet a sandwich rolled down the hill without breaking apart, twice. And to top it off it looked off-model. It's clear it was done by the original, Japanese, writers. Heck in previous episode I couldn't even tell she had an apron before because the edit is clearly professional. Watch this version of the episode (and the other eps of Lenora without her apron) be aired in Japan when they re-air those episodes.

Pretty neat episode. I like that Ash lost his first Unova gym battle. Seeing Oshawott & Tepig again is annoying, but it was still fine. Lillipup is cute, but it's nice to see that Lillipup has some serious power and so does Watchog. The Roar and Mean Look Combination was a nice touch for Lenora. Hopefully Ash's training goes well!
9/10